Sunday Morning Coffee Podcast

Amy Taylor is a professional model from New York City. We had a lovely discussion about, well, everything. How she got started as a sex worker, the good, bad, and ugly of working in such a profession, being a pilot, music, love, life, and everything in between! Find Amy Taylor Website - http://amytaylor.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AmyTaylorinLA Instagram - http://instagram.com/AmyTaylo...

Laura Gabayan is a physician and author. She has written a book titled Common Wisdom where she explores the concept of, well, wisdom. We discuss Laura's 8 elements of wisdom, the process of researching the book, the people that she interviewed about wisdom, the misconceptions and preconceived notions about wisdom, and much more. Common Wisdom by Laura Gabayan on Amazon. Sunday Morning Coffee P...

Maggie Horsfield is the deputy mayor for the city of North Bay. We discuss the issues currently facing municipalities, the relative infancy of democracy, the challenges and rewards of being a first time (victorious) political candidate, and much more. A very interesting conversation. Maggie Horsfield Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/maggiehorsfield.northbay Instagram - https://www.instagram.com...

Bob Ashley is the founder of the Chiricahua Desert Museum in Rodeo, New Mexico and lover of all things snake related. He joined me to discuss his recent book titled A Photographic History of Snakebite Treatments: Bad Medicine, Snake Oils, Potions, Elixirs and Kits. We spoke about the origins of the science on anti-venom, how the term "snake-oil" came to be, his collection of snake-oil ki...

Linnea Butler is the founder of Bay Area Mental Health with a vision of bringing together outstanding and passionate therapists to help people who have been through an extreme experience such as childhood trauma leading to PTSD and Complex PTSD, or debilitating depression or anxiety. We spoke at length about the history pf psychedelic therapy, how to know if psychedelic therapy is right for you, h...

Dr. Daniel Laby is trained in opthamology and sports vision.  He was worked with numerous Major league Baseball teams as well as well as athletes in many other sports including Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool Football Club in the English Premier League.  We talked about how he got started working with baseball teams, how sports vision is not just about how well you see, how 20/20 vision is act...

Lilli Badcock is the Founder of Sing To Heal . We had a great discussion about her love of singing from an early age, the trauma of losing her voice, anxiety, the power of music from our earliest moments, silencing those destructive inner voices in our heads, doing the things that you love despite dissenting outside voices, building up your resilience via sheer repitition, and more. Where to Find...

Jerry Werner is a retired United States Navy pilot and is the author of the just released book "Grandpa‘s Adventures in the U.S. Navy: Soul-Searching on the Way to Mars" We had a great discussion about his early childhood and his unrelenting dream of becoming an astronaut, the importance of setting clear goals and clearly stating the steps needed to reach those goals, his training to bec...

Catherine Gairard is an artist and musician from Peru. From an early age, Catherine was drawn to the arts and has pursued her passions in a variety of artistic endeavours. We had a great discussion about what contitutes art, how one artistic endeavour can compliment another, the importance of learning music theory, the dangers of being pigeonholed into one style or genre, recording her EP, going b...

Derek Newborn is an entrepreneur and founder of The Newborn Blueprint, which is a set of plans specifically designed to help men live every aspect of their life at the highest level, while being able to avoid the costly pitfalls of the modern male society. We spoke at length about his troubled childhood which lead to fears of abandonment, becoming a husband and father at a young age, his obsessive...

Melanie Verstraete is a Love and Relationship Coach and Founder of The Wild Heart Life. We had a fascinating and wide ranging conversation about all things love, sex, and relationships. We talk about overcoming childhood trauma and not allowing it to cause us to spiral, how today's society is pitting men and women against each other instead of working together, the effect that casual sex is ha...

Donald Dunn is a retired member of the United States military that did tours in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. We discussed his military career, dealing with losing friends in combat, the fateful day that friendly fire killed 4 members of the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, returning home, PTSD and how it affected himself and his family, starting the Heroes Voices Media Foundation and a radio stat...

Tessa Terry is the owner and designer at Alchemy RV Renovations (and a Ramones fan!). She turns small RV spaces into jaw-dropping small luxury homes. We talked about how her love of design came about, starting her business selecting RVs to work on, her design process, the challenges of being a one-woman show, how the expensive housing market in Canada and the US has had an impact on her business,...

Happy New Year from the Sunday Morning Coffee Podcast! Dave Albin is the #1 Firewalk Instructor in America. Firewalking is a 1,000 year old rite of passage ritual where you literally walk across hot burning coals. Having worked for Tony Robbins for 19+ years and starting Firewalk Productions in 2014, Dave has firewalked hundreds of thousands of people. He and Tony Robbins set a World Record in Lon...

Darlene Greene is a retired US Navy Commander who helped establish the Returning Warrior Weekend Workshop 17 years ago that is still in existence today that helps warriors and their families reintegrate successfully. She is also a stem cell activation consultant with LifeWave, a product that promotes healing, rejuvenation, and restoration. We discussed her career in the military, leadership, her w...

Debra Yates is an author of Cherokee descent. Her book, Woman of Many Names, Chronicles the life of her 7th Great-Grandmother Nanyehi (Nancy Ward). Nancy Ward had ties to Daniel Boone, George Washington and other such historical figures. We discuss Nancy's life, her meetings with the amazing historical figures that she knew, predicting the Trail of Tears, leading her people through wartime, keepin...

Paul Summers Jr is a songwriter, musician and author of the upcoming book "Hide and Seek - A Dad's Journey From Soulless Addiction to Sole Custody",and  he actually has a guitar in the Punk Rock Hall of Fame!  We had a very good talk about his first concert that set him on the path to be a performer, punk rock, living the "punk rock lifestyle", addiction, recovery, fighting for custody of his daug...

Morgan McCarver is a ceramics artist and author of the upcoming book God the Artist: Revealing God's Creative Side Through Pottery which is currently available through preorder. We had a lovely discussion about the major surgery that changed her life and career path, adjusting to life after her surgery, how her faith has helped her in her art and recovery, pottery references in the bible, the...

NOTE: there was an error in the initial podcast video that I uploaded in which some of the introductions to the clips did not appear in the video. Please note that I have replaced the episode with the correct video, however it may take a little while for Spotify to refresh. I apologize for the inconvenience. In this episode to celebrate 13 episodes of the podcast, which I explain why that is a mil...

Wayne McFarland is an author, and more than that, he is a storyteller. He filled an entire book with stories of life-long adventure. We discuss his cross-country road trip with friends, being jailed in the South, absconding with a monkey, the art of storytelling, the pros and cons of social media, and much more. Find Wayne McFarland Tales From the Day on Amazon Wayne McFarland's Website Sunday...

Michelle Rice-Gauvreau is the author of a new book called "Who Am I?" The book details her story of being illegally adopted from a Reservation in Canada and taken to live in Connecticut and her journey to discover her past, her birth family, and her native heritage. We talk about the circumstances of her adoption, life with an abusive stepmother, her journey to meet her birth family, emb...

David Essel, M. S. O.M., is a #1 best-selling author, counselor, executive coach, international speaker, radio/tv/podcast host, and sports psychology coach. David and I sat down to have a very interesting discussion on him being a college basketball walk-on at Syracuse University, becoming interested in sports psychology, meeting Moses Malone, learning lessons from coaches even when you hate them,...

An episode meade for music lovers! Lightnin’ Charlie is a recording artist, author, and entertainer extraordinaire, delivering a cheerful earful of soul-stirring roots music. Describing LC’s mighty mix of music in a few words is impossible…but when Charlie is asked what kind of music he plays, he says simply, “Good Music for Good People!” Scott and Lightnin' Charlie have an incredibly fun conv...

Hinda Mondlak Goldman lived through years of heinous abuse at the Auschwitz concentration camp.  She died in the arms of her son, Moises J. Goldman, PhD, on May 5, 1985.  “My mother’s last wish was for me, her son, to tell her horrific and triumphant story in a public way,” Moises says. In this powerful episode, Scott speaks with Moises Goldman and Sherry Maysonave, the author that helped Moises t...

Dr. Leslie Dobson is a clinical and forensic psychologist who started her career in a prison working with some of the most dangerous inmates imaginable and is now about to release her first book called The Friend Cleanse. We discuss her early career working in a prison, what forensic psychology is, PTSD, setting boundaries with your family and friends for your own mental health, and more. Find Dr....